# 2020 Arizona Proposition 207

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Arizona Proposition 207 was a voter initiative that appeared on the November 3, 2020, Arizona general election ballot to legalize cannabis for recreational use. Passing with 60% of the vote, the initiative legalized the possession of up to an ounce of cannabis, licensed sales at dispensaries, and personal cultivation of up to six plants. Along with Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota, Arizona is one of four states that legalized recreational marijuana via ballot measures in 2020.
The first state-licensed recreational marijuana sales in Arizona took place on January 22, 2021, making Arizona the fastest state to go from a legalization vote to retail sales in U.S. history.

## Provisions

Proposition 207, also known as the Smart and Safe Act, legalizes the adult recreational use of marijuana, specifically by allowing adults 21 and older in Arizona to possess up to 1 ounce (28 g) of marijuana (with no more than 5 grams being marijuana concentrate), and to have up to 6 marijuana plants at their home (with up to 12 marijuana plants in households with two or more adult members). It directs the state Department of Health Services to set forth rules for retail marijuana sales by June 1, 2021, allow marijuana to be subject to state and local sales taxes like other retail items, and imposes an additional 16% excise tax on marijuana products, with the revenue being split between the state government agencies responsible for activities relating to the act, highways, community college districts, police departments, and fire departments. The initiative provides that employers may still adopt "drug-free workplace" policies and restrict employees' and applicants' use of marijuana, and provides that the initiative does not permit marijuana use in public spaces. The initiative establishes that the possession of more than an ounce (28 g), but less than 2.5 ounces (71 g), of marijuana, by an adult is a petty offense. The initiative prohibits the sale of marijuana products that resemble a "human, animal, insect, fruit, toy or cartoon" and sets forth penalties for possession of marijuana by minors (which, for a first offense for possession of under an ounce of marijuana, is a $100 fine and drug counseling).
The proposition imposes a 16 percent excise tax on cannabis. The first share of revenue will be used to enforce state cannabis regulations, with the remainder divided as follows: 33% for community colleges, 31.4% for police and fire departments, 25.4% for a highway fund, 10% for a justice fund, and 0.2% to the state attorney general for enforcement.

## History

The Arizona Dispensaries Association and Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce began organizing in August 2019 for another ballot initiative after a failed November 2016 ballot initiative. The Arizona Dispensaries Association filed a ballot initiative application on September 26, 2019, for the "Smart and Safe Act," seeking to obtain the necessary 237,645 signatures from registered Arizona voters by the July 2, 2020 deadline to get on the November 3, 2020 ballot.
Arizona legalization initiative, sponsored by Smart and Safe Arizona, had received 150,000 signatures by January 17, 2020, out of a required 237,645 signatures. The initiative likely had exceeded the minimum 237,645 valid signatures by April to appear on the November ballot. On July 1 the sponsors announced they had submitted over 420,000 signatures to the Secretary of State. On August 10, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced the initiative had qualified for the 2020 ballot as Proposition (Prop) 207.
The Arizona Republic announced that the initiative had passed on election day, November 3, 2020.

## Polling

Likely voters polled in July 2020 indicated 62% support for cannabis legalization.
On Proposition 207
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | For Proposition 207 | Against Proposition 207 | Other | Undecided |
| OH Predictive Insights | October 22–25, 2020 | 716 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 60% | 36% | 0% | 4% |
| Monmouth University | October 11–13, 2020 | 502 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 56% | 36% | 0% | 7% |
| OH Predictive Insights | October 4–8, 2020 | 608 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 55% | 37% | 1% | 7% |
| Suffolk University | September 26–30, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 46% | 34% | 1% | 19% |
| Strategies 360/Smart and Safe Arizona | September 24–29, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 57% | 38% | – | 5% |
| Monmouth University | September 11–15, 2020 | 420 (RV) | ± 4.8% | 51% | 41% | 3% | 6% |
| Strategies 360/Smart and Safe Arizona | Early August, 2020 | – (V) | – | 57% | 37% | – | 6% |
| HighGround Inc. | May 18–22, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 66% | 25% | – | 9% |
On whether recreational marijuana should be legal
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Yes | No | Other | Undecided |
| OH Predictive Insights | September 8–10, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 45% | 44% | 0% | 9% |
| OH Predictive Insights | July 6–7, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 62% | 32% | No voters | 6% |
| OH Predictive Insights | December 3–4, 2019 | 628 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 51% | 42% | – | 7% |
| OH Predictive Insights | October 31 – November 8, 2019 | 900 (RV) | ± 3.3% | 54% | 33% | – | 13% |
| OH Predictive Insights | August 13–14, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 50% | 40% | – | 10% |
| OH Predictive Insights | February 12–13, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 52% | 41% | – | 7% |

## Results

Proposition 207 :
| Choice | Votes | % |
| Yes | 1,956,440 | 60.0 |
| No | 1,302,458 | 40.0 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 161,667 | 4.7 |
| Total votes | 3,420,565 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,281,152 | 79.9 |